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Hard-line former Iranian senior nuclear negotiator and candidate for the presidential election Saeed Jalili casts his ballot in a polling station, in Tehran, Iran, on June 28, 2024. Iranians are voting in a snap election to replace the late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi. | Photo Credit: AP Early, seesawing results released Saturday in Iran’s presidential…
The head of the Houthi Prisoner Affairs Committee said that it would release 100 prisoners on Saturday. Sanaa: The head of the Houthi Prisoner Affairs Committee, Abdul Qader al-Murtada, said the Iran-backed movement would release 100 prisoners on Saturday belonging to Yemen’s government forces. A decision was issued by the leader of the Houthi movement,…
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A military base in central Iraq, which was housing army troops and pro-Iranian paramilitaries, was hit with “bombing” overnight amid spiralling tensions between Israel and Iran, reports suggest. The US military has denied any role in the attack. Here are the top 10 points on this big story: One person died while eight were injured…
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A Palestinian carries a gas cooker as he walks amidst the debris of a destroyed building in Gaza Strip Israel launched more deadly strikes on besieged Gaza on Thursday as Western governments unveiled sweeping sanctions against Iran’s military drone programme in response to the country’s unprecedented attack on its arch-enemy Israel. World powers have been…
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The I2U2’s first summit was held on July 14, 2022, to establish the group. Washington: The grouping of India, Israel, the United Arab Emirates and the US continues to be a priority for the Biden administration and is not on the back-burner due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the White House has…
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A Palestinian man walks past shuttered shops during a general strike in Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on October 18, 2023, a day after a rocket hit a Gaza hospital killing hundreds. | Photo Credit: ZAIN JAAFAR Two Data Points published last week explored the impoverished nature of the Palestinian territories, especially Gaza, and…
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Pentagon Chief, however, said that additional US troops are not going to Israel. Washington: Amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, the United States is sending additional troops to the US Central Command region, which covers the Middle East and parts of Africa, Pentagon press secretary Brigadier General Patrick Ryder said on Tuesday (local…
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The US and their satellites are the main beneficiaries of “world instability”, Putin said. Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday accused the United States of being responsible for what he called “deadly chaos” unfolding in the Middle East. “Who is organising the deadly chaos and who benefits from it today, in my opinion, has…
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Depleted resources: A Palestinian man gestures at a closed petrol station in the aftermath of Israeli strikes on the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip on October 25, 2023. | Photo Credit: SAID KHATIB The Data point published on October 23, 2023, titled ‘Five wars in 15 years stifled Gaza’s growth’ described how…
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India expressed grave concern over the worsening situation in Gaza. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Saturday discussed the worsening security and humanitarian situation in West Asia. Both leaders expressed their concern over the increase in terrorism, violence, and civilian casualties in the area, largely owing to the…
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